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2011-08-14

Original: 2011-08-14 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Transcript

Panel 1:

A younger man with reddish-brown hair (seen from behind/side) is arguing with an older balding man wearing round glasses and a reddish shirt.

Younger man: "THE WORLD IS WORSE NOW?! SCIENCE IS BETTER. TOLERANCE IS MORE WIDESPREAD. LIFESPANS ARE-"

Old man (interrupting): "OH, SORRY. YOU SHOULD KNOW, I'VE DECIDED TO IDENTIFY ALL CHANGE AS SOCIAL DECAY."

Caption below panel: I plan to be a self-aware old man.

Votey:

Close-up sketch of the old man with round glasses.

Old man: "PROGRESS CEASED TO BE GOOD THE MOMENT IT MEANT I HAD TO LEARN ANYTHING."

Alt text

A young man with reddish-brown hair argues with an older balding man in glasses, saying "The world is worse now?! Science is better. Tolerance is more widespread. Lifespans are-" The old man interrupts: "Oh, sorry. You should know, I've decided to identify all change as social decay." Caption: "I plan to be a self-aware old man." In the votey aftercomic, a close-up of the old man adds: "Progress ceased to be good the moment it meant I had to learn anything."

Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.